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Thanks Derek. The intelligent part of my mind knew that.🧐
Post Soviet wrote: "Helen The Melon wrote: "Post Soviet wrote: "Now that is a phrase that not many will say! :)"and even fewer: "combing my beaver"?"
Here's a lovely little bedtime story for you, Post S - https://m..."
Too crass and obvious for me Post!
Today I shall mostly be hoping for Cummings' going.
not today, not after he's obviously sooked boris's boaby dry!
Tech XXIII wrote: "not today, not after he's obviously sooked boris's boaby dry!"I just got sick in my mouth.
well, you're obviously not doing it right! parp!
Tech XXIII wrote: "not today, not after he's obviously sooked boris's boaby dry!"I'm not sure you have the power balance and who's sucking whose the right way round. Bozza would be utterly lost without the Cumster's hand up his jacksie working his tousle-headed puppet and putting the words (along, quite possibly, with other appendages) into his mouth.
Brass Neck wrote: "Tech XXIII wrote: "not today, not after he's obviously sooked boris's boaby dry!"I'm not sure you have the power balance and who's sucking whose the right way round. Bozza would be utterly lost w..."
You've spent some considerable time picturing and imagining those scenarios, Brass.
"into his mouth"let's just call it a 69er then!
yesterday - saddened and annoyed by stupid bit...er....silly co..er...woman 2 doors down celebrating a landmark birthday in her back garden, joined by a number of individuals not of that address. the loud pop (for much younger people really) sent me indoors to enjoy my lockdown appropriately.amused and elated, when investigating why the loud pop had suddenly stopped, to find 4 cops in 2 vehicles busting their sorry arses (wun't me that called the filth!) so happy birthday to you, ha ha ha ha ha ha! this, it has to be said, is a woman who spends most of her time on facebook berating others for lockdown misdemeanours!
Tech XXIII wrote: "yesterday - saddened and annoyed by stupid bit...er....silly co..er...woman 2 doors down celebrating a landmark birthday in her back garden, joined by a number of individuals not of that address. t..."Where the Cumster leads...…..
Tech XXIII wrote: "yesterday - saddened and annoyed by stupid bit...er....silly co..er...woman 2 doors down celebrating a landmark birthday in her back garden, joined by a number of individuals not of that address. t..."Reminds me of the (pre-lockdown) irritation of a neighbour who thought it was fine for their little darlings to shout and swear while kicking a football into our fence (they're only children), hold an all-day barbecue party, with music, and then have the nerve to moan about four OAPs chatting over a drink for an hour one evening...
Don't you just love the 'Do as I say, not as I do!' brigade?
as she was turning 40, celebrating the day her age and IQ collide, it was a direct FU to all surrounding for observing the guidelines - as she was wearing a tiarra (yes!) and a golden sash (makes a change from the usual orange ones you see around!), we can assume it was not a spur of the moment gathering. she actually had the cheek to get lippy with the polis. silly girl.
Isabella wrote: "Tech XXIII wrote: "yesterday - saddened and annoyed by stupid bit...er....silly co..er...woman 2 doors down celebrating a landmark birthday in her back garden, joined by a number of individuals not...""We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality."
(Thomas Macaulay)
Tech XXIII wrote: "yesterday - saddened and annoyed by stupid bit...er....silly co..er...woman 2 doors down celebrating a landmark birthday in her back garden, joined by a number of individuals not of that address. t..."Excellent. Never have you been so happy to see the Police in your life.
"Don't you just love the 'Do as I say, not as I do!' brigade?" - Dom and Bozza?
Bozza got a dose so is revered as God Like, therefore he believes his Disciples also bestowed with special privileges.And anyway how else is Boris to maintain that sheen on his hair without Cummings contributions.
Today I shall mostly be ... marvelling at the conversation that was had about the Supermarket Substitutions and Home Deliveries - as I'm starting to get the distinct feeling that we in Stockport are currently living under a much stricter and far more rigid kind of Lockdown than many folk are doing elsewhere? Yes, we also used to be able to refuse and return things before the Lockdown, but not anymore. Most of the Supermarkets do still allow for you refusing to accept Substitutions at the online Checkout but a few don't, like Iceland.
And we acknowledge the Delivery Person's arrival through the Window but have to keep our Front Door shut until he/she has deposited everything either inside of the Porch or outside of it on the Driveway (they pretty much get to decide where they feel happier about wanting to put it) as we are always pre-warned that opening the Door before they have finished may cause them to feel unsafe and to refuse to continue with the Delivery.
We have no idea as to what we might get if there are any Substitutes made, and we already know that we are not allowed to examine our Groceries until they have finished and walked back up to the end of the Driveway and are getting back in the Van.
We can't refuse anything or try to return it to the Delivery Person either as is clearly stated on their Websites and sadly there is not really any opportunity or time for any kind of a friendly conversation to be had anymore although I do always make a point of standing by the Front Window and waving and signing our thanks to them but that's pretty much just about all the interaction that we ever manage to get now.
All in all it's a rather depressingly sad, empty and soulless experience. And if they give you something you really don't want or mess up on charging you then you have to repeatedly Email them as most of the Supermarkets (in our area anyway) have shut-down their Customer Service Lines. I've just spent 4 weeks in trying to get £16 refunded by Iceland for Groceries that weren't sent but were listed as being delivered to us but thankfully my polite persistence has finally paid off as I've received my Confirmation of Refund Email today ;o>
My friends sent me some flowers which arrived the same time as my Sainsburys delivery, so there were three of us social distancing from two vans to me at the end of the hall. Quite amusing.
The driver wasn't even wearing a mask last delivery we had. He did keep to the distance rule, though. I suppose some people are more worried about things than others.
Very few people seem to be wearing Masks here yet? - apparently, according to a Neighbour, most folk only use them whenever they are inside Shops or are in busy and enclosed areas. I think that's probably why opening the Door means you will get no Delivery here.
Today I shall mostly be ... scratching my Head over getting another Confirmation of Refund from Iceland? ... for £8 and for Groceries that I know that we did receive? Do I start with repeatedly Emailing them all over again for yet another 4 weeks to get them to take it back again or just be naughty and decide to accept it and say nothing? ... ! ;oO
Right! ... Decision made! ;o> ... I'll still stay loyal to buying off Iceland at least once a month - mainly because they have continued to offer up some really great bargains, unlike a lot of the other Supermarkets, and have continued to be pretty much the only place that we could/can occasionally still manage to access Home Delivery Slots throughout most of this Lockdown - and if they decide that they have over-refunded me and want the extra £8 back then, of course, it's theirs.In the meantime though ... that's £4 each added to our weekly donations to 'FTLOS - Stockport Cheshire' and 'Handy Ladies - Feeding The Community' plus the substituted items that were sent and are not wanted by us are going to be collected later on today by a Volunteer from the local Foodbank ... ;o> ... ;o> ... ;o>
"I love it when a plan comes together" ... LOL!!!
Got all strict with masks in the vets now, gave me a mask, as I didn't have one. then I noticed the 2 euro each sticker on the box. But they didn't charge me, probably as they're charging me 80 odd euro, including 50 just to see the vet.
And why doesn't the Dog have to wear a mask. Dog looked at me all amused and smug as I sweated in my mask.
Awww, I'm glad you gave your little hairy Woofer a good laugh - LOL!!! ;o>I miss our precious darling Tia SO much right now that it really hurts ;o< ... but I'm also very grateful too that she isn't here and only now entering her final days during all of this. She had the most wonderful last year ever - one that was just so full of love, freedom, great food, long walks, laughter, and was in such good health until her last few days too - and we would not have been allowed her last Home Visit or even had the chance to be with her at the end if she was still here with us now.
The Rules of our Vets here are that you ring ahead, turn up at the allotted time, buzz to open the Door, put your Pet inside, close the Door, and then go back to wait in your Car or go Home until they call you to say you can pick your Pet up.
Tia always did have the most perfect timing in almost everything that she did and it would seem now that she even managed to time having to leave us at just the right time too ... bless her ... x x x
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Awww, I'm glad you gave your little hairy Woofer a good laugh - LOL!!! ;o>I miss our precious darling Tia SO much right now that it really hurts ;o< ... but I'm also very grateful too that she is..."
Yep, us humans and Dogs have a long history of coexistence.
I've always had Dogs, my current one now has Insulin injections twice a day. With the treatment she's gone from thin and weak to a good weight and is in great form.
YAYYY!!! - that's wonderful news, Serial ;o>It must be such a huge relief to you all to see her responding so well to Medication.
Today I shall mostly be ... very carefully cutting off and easing the Label remnants out of the Seams of a recent Order of beautiful brand new Towels ;o>I think I've already mentioned before somewhere on the old Amazon Forums that I don't like to have any Labels left on things and so I always like to remove them if at all possible.
M&D don't bother so I don't know where I get this particular quirk from? - but it also annoys me no end to be using something in, say the Kitchen, and suddenly find that it still has a (now manky and illegible) old Label still glued to the bottom or to the back of it - as they are even harder and far messier to try to remove once they have been left a while and washed with an adhesive one still attached.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Today I shall mostly be ... very carefully cutting off and easing the Label remnants out of the Seams of a recent Order of beautiful brand new Towels ;o>I think I've already mentioned before some..."
Drives me mad too Suzy. It's particularly annoying on teatowels when you mistakenly try to use the loop to hang them up. Cushions too, I don't want to advertise the manufacturer.
And the horrible, scratchy labels in the necks of blouses, t-shirts etc that really irritate the skin. The worst ones are on knitted fabric, it's so hard to get them out without pulling or cutting the fabric. :o(
HURRAYYY!!! ... I'm amongst friends!!! ... ;o> ... ;o> ... ;o>
Today I shall mostly be ... searching the Internet for all sorts of stuff we want/need and being continually distracted into wandering off elsewhere online to read things that make me smile and laugh out loud instead ;o> ...
I'm suddenly really glad that we are still shielding here! ... ;o> ...
Went to do the weekly Tesco shop to find not much of a queue outside but the continual erosion of Covid-19 measures gathering pace. 2 places in front of me was a family of 3, parents in their 50s or 60s and a 30-something son so you just know how that's going to work - one parking the trolley right where you need to access items and the other 2 going off in different directions or just filling the aisle with their considerable girth. As if that wasn't bad enough, the father detaches himself from the internal queue and goes back to the chap on the door and convinces him to let him straight through because he "only" needs the pharmacy ….. aye, right fatso. Two old ladies were in front of me (probably not from the same household?) one of whom kept distractedly veering off from the internal queue to handle any and all products along the 4 sections the queue snaked round without out buying any of them. They both bought papers, a copy each of the Daily Fail (no surprise) but also a copy of the Guardian which must make for slightly schizophrenic reading?!
As we snaked around a whole family hove into view - youngish parents, the mother with a babe in arms and two primary age kids with 2 baskets - surely one of them could have come and left the rest at home?
All the way round I was blocked and slowed by innumerable examples of Brit entitlement and exceptionalism, doing just what they want to do and bugger the rest. You have to wonder the extent to which such loosening of basic rules is just a Brit trait or how far this is exacerbated by the Cummings affair?
Around here, it's only the Tesco stores that have a one way system up and down the aisles, not that anyone takes any notice of the arrows. In all the other stores you are free to wander up down the aisles as you see fit.
The last time I went into Tesco Wisbech, a couple of weeks ago, they were still strictly enforcing the 'one person only' policy.
The last time I went into Tesco Wisbech, a couple of weeks ago, they were still strictly enforcing the 'one person only' policy.
Today I've been having it lazy and trying not to melt, and tonight D and I are going to order a Chinese in for dinner. Rather than being my usual boring self and getting chicken balls, I'm gonna be a devil and go for the wor tip chicken. After on, I'll do eenie meenie with the bottles in the fridge to see what wine I'm having, and watch Highlander. Rock 'N' Roll!!
Chicken Balls? ... what part of the? ... no! - on second thoughts I really don't think that I want to know the answer to that one, Collette! - LOL!!! ;o>
Today I shall mostly be ... feeling very agitated and upset at all of the News Reports I keep on seeing about the relentless pressure from so many to just scrap the two metre rule and get straight back to where we were before so many folk suddenly got sick and died.Did I somehow miss the wonderful News that this Covid Crisis was all over now?
I don't want this Lock-down and Life to be like this anymore than anyone else does but to just think that we can do this so soon is surely utter madness ... did everybody who is actively protesting and trying to push the Government into doing this not just have to live through what all of the rest of us have done and are still doing?
We've come this far now let's do this properly and try to get it right. Everybody is publicly making out they have now got an even greater respect and admiration for the NHS - but STILL no-one is apparently listening to all of the Health Professionals who are almost on their Knees and resorting to literally begging and pleading with us not to do this yet ;o<
I can't help feeling people are misunderstanding and will wander round the parks in groups of 6 (8?) all hugging each other.
"did everybody who is actively protesting and trying to push the Government into doing this not just have to live through what all of the rest of us have done and are still doing?" - quite possibly if they're under 50, have no underlying health reasons to shield nor live with someone who has and they may have been furloughed so been paid 80% of salary to do nowt - they won't have been touched by the disease (even though nearly 60,000 excess deaths have occurred, vying for top spot with Spain but then we had weeks to prepare after it got a grip there), they're bored and more desperate for a barbie and a booze-up with their mates, regardless of the consequences. They'll also now feel entirely justified in ignoring the rules given the example set by Amoral and Lardy (Cummings and Johnson) and how will the short-handed police, given they still haven't recruited the 20,000 officers required to almost get back to pre-Austerity levels, be able to enforce the increasingly diverse and confusing "rules" within the various constituent parts of the UK? What are one copper and a PCSO on patrol together supposed to do when confronted by a sneering crowd of pissed-up delinquents having a (disposable) barbie and a game of footie in a park late at night which is a nightly occurrence round our way and we live in a "nice" dormitory village, not the middle of a God-forsaken estate in the middle of Grimsby? Second wave/spike is virtually guaranteed methinks.
I get we have to get the Country up and running again but we even have the Travel Industry pushing to allow folk to travel as freely as they did before. Yes Quarantines might be impossible to enforce but we keep hearing of fresh waves or possibly new outbreaks of further mutated forms of this current Virus and several Lock-downs have seemingly had to be re-initiated as a result.I absolutely despair of this almost immediate reaction to Lock-down measures easing off, the 'I want and I want it right here and right now' mentality that seems to be so prevalent these days. All over Facebook there are what come across as little more than just head-in-the-sand and attention-seeking protest Posts going up about Human Rights, Freedoms, and Civil Liberties - and furious arguments going on over having the right to refuse to wear Masks in Shops and enclosed areas.
What I want to know is since when did anybody's personal Human Rights, Freedoms and Civil Liberties ever suddenly come to matter and be far more important than those of anyone else's on this Planet? ;o<
All rights and no responsibilities - not a new phenomenon but it's very ingrained now and it's being fuelled by populist political leaders who are tearing up once-shared and treasured societal norms across the World. The UK is very definitely in that category.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Today I shall mostly be ... feeling very agitated and upset at all of the News Reports I keep on seeing about the relentless pressure from so many to just scrap the two metre rule and get straight ..."Maybe I missed something Suzy, as I try to avoid the MSM wherever possible, but so far as I'm aware nobody is calling for social distancing to be scrapped. They have suggested the distance be reduced. It's worth noting that the UK is (effectively) alone in having a 2 metre rule; almost all others have either 1.5 or 1 metre.
I tend to take most online stuff, including News Reports, with a healthy enough pinch of salt - but I'm also coming across Posts all over Facebook saying the same kinds of things and it makes for such painful reading just how ignorant and selfish, careless and demanding some folk are coming across as being. I always want to keep on with thinking the best of everyone first and foremost ... but, by God, do some folk go right out of their way to make this into being such an incredibly hard thing to do!
Ahhh well, what will be will be, and let's hope we manage to get it right for everyone ... and not just for a select few who seem to think that they are either immune or immortal and that their own wants and needs are by far superior and should always be considered before everyone else's.
All we can do is our own little bit here and to hope that it'll be enough?
The others mebbes took more note of what was happening in Spain and Italy, locked down sooner and more forcefully, appeared more able to supply PPE to frontline health workers, didn't discharge patients without testing into care homes, etc so their infection and death rates were kept lower and fell faster and probs didn't have a series of entitled, elitist officials driving a coach and horses right through their own rules and setting the worst of examples for the hoi polloi? The UK meanwhile ……..
Food for thought? Remember when the 'sick man of Europe' referred to our economic woes alone? Right time to throw teachers under the bus now, eh?https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
Making Red Goosberry wine, with last years Gooseberries out the freezer. Though I'd better get on with it as this years crop is doing well and will not be long being ready!Social distancing is fairly well practiced in our local town. It seems the smaller the shops the better people adhere to it. The butchers has 2 people in at a time, anyone else waits outside 2 metres apart.
Supermarket is difficult, certainly as an impatient shopper. The popular areas are a pain. You kind of hang back while some slo mo person examines every feckin brand of baked beans for 40 minutes. Also the aisles are very easily blocked up, so you end up speeding past when inevitably they all then move directly in front of you enveloping you in a cloud of their toxic breath.
As for the builders/farm supplies, that is a pain in d erse. They have 3 little I suppose booths you'd call em. Staff member behind what I have to say is the most murky awful plexiglass I've come across. You then tell them what you want and they walk back into the cavernous warehouse of stock to retrieve it for you. So no way to see the shelf selection/compare prices etc etc. And I don't know about other people but DIY stuff you usually need to have a good look, and actually have no idea what the name is for what you need :0
Lucky for us our local town has the nicest river walk that passes the Supermarket. Places for the kids to paddle, and their favorite, an artificial hill dedicated to a local man! Which they love to run up and down. So at least we get to combine seeing Ducklings and kids paddling with the shopping trip.
I guess we should ignore stuff like this cos it's from a FB group called Scientists For EU? Just devastating.....https://www.facebook.com/scientistsfo...
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and even fewer: "combing my beaver"?"
Here's a lovely little bedtime story for you..."
Were you clicking on PS's reply to Helen, or her original? Links seem to get broken in 'quoted' replies.
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